Swollen Hands
This past week was a good one. I finally feel like I'm getting my feet underneath me; it seems like I'm finally contributing to the ministry at Grace rather than just learning about it. I've been doing some cool stuff at Grace, like making loops and doing new song research. No copying or coffee making as of yet. At the end of July, I lead worship in Sojourn, the church's second venue. Now allow me tell you a tale of excitement from this past weekend:
Two weeks ago, during my first day actually "on the job," Eric (the head musical worship leader) calls me into his office and asks if I play drums. I say no. He asks if I play percussion. I say that I have on occasion, but I'm no drummer. Long story short, I ended up playing percussion for GraceMAIN, the church's larger service, this past weekend. It was neat to be able to spend several hours during the week previous getting accquainted with the congas, shakers, a djembe, and a glockenspiel - I refrained from using the 'turn the page/Holy Spirit' chimes. I was a bit intimidated at first; I was completely new to percussion and was playing onstage with professional-grade musicians. In the end, it turned out to be a lot of fun, and I now understand why drummers enjoy drumming so much. For three days after Sunday, my hands were swollen and hurt like the dickens.
In other news, I'm doing book studies on The Dangerous Act of Worship by Mark Labberton and on God in the Alley by Greg Paul with different groups at Grace. I've also found a crew to hang out with that includes the summer interns at Grace. I've eaten Chipotle 5 times since I've been here; twice it was free. Life isn't so bad.
I've been a bit behind on the recordings for my June music project because of my schedule, but the songs are getting written. I also had an upload problem with Purevolume that set me back for a few days, but it's all resolved now. In addition to these setbacks, I've discovered that Purevolume will only allow 4 songs at a time, so that's all that y'all get at any given time. At the end, I'll bundle all the songs into a zip file and you can have them all. Again, thanks for listening to my incomplete song ideas.
More updates soon.
Love
Trey
Two weeks ago, during my first day actually "on the job," Eric (the head musical worship leader) calls me into his office and asks if I play drums. I say no. He asks if I play percussion. I say that I have on occasion, but I'm no drummer. Long story short, I ended up playing percussion for GraceMAIN, the church's larger service, this past weekend. It was neat to be able to spend several hours during the week previous getting accquainted with the congas, shakers, a djembe, and a glockenspiel - I refrained from using the 'turn the page/Holy Spirit' chimes. I was a bit intimidated at first; I was completely new to percussion and was playing onstage with professional-grade musicians. In the end, it turned out to be a lot of fun, and I now understand why drummers enjoy drumming so much. For three days after Sunday, my hands were swollen and hurt like the dickens.
In other news, I'm doing book studies on The Dangerous Act of Worship by Mark Labberton and on God in the Alley by Greg Paul with different groups at Grace. I've also found a crew to hang out with that includes the summer interns at Grace. I've eaten Chipotle 5 times since I've been here; twice it was free. Life isn't so bad.
I've been a bit behind on the recordings for my June music project because of my schedule, but the songs are getting written. I also had an upload problem with Purevolume that set me back for a few days, but it's all resolved now. In addition to these setbacks, I've discovered that Purevolume will only allow 4 songs at a time, so that's all that y'all get at any given time. At the end, I'll bundle all the songs into a zip file and you can have them all. Again, thanks for listening to my incomplete song ideas.
More updates soon.
Love
Trey